Life — May 18, 1922 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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ELL, children, this Klub of ours is getting to be just too big for anything. Twenty-one members so far, and it looks as if there might be more any minute. It’s so easy to become a member—all you have to do is send in sixteen ten-year subscriptions to the paper, five dollars in cash or money order (don’t send stamps, dears; Auntie Beth hardly ever writes letters), and a letter from your parent or guardian certifying that you have never been up for murder. Then when Auntie Beth gets around to it, she will send you the distinctive red plush Klub button, and you are a full-fledged member, with all the privileges of having a try at the Kiddie Klub contests. And oh, Kiddies, Mr. Postman must be “mighty glad,” as some of my boys say, that this week’s contest is over. There were such heaps ’n’ heaps of little letters that it ‘most seemed as if your Aunt Beth would be “snowed under.” But everything came out “fine and dandy,” as I’m afraid I have heard some of you Kiddies say, and the prize- winning essay is printed below. The valuable cut-glass wash-cloth is already on its way to the winner. The author of the prize poem for this week receives a handsome second-hand inner tube. The subject for next week’s prize - essay contest will be, “How I Cured Myself of the Drug Habit.” And re- member, dears,—do try to write in English. Why I Like Winter Better Than Summer (Prize-winning essay) By Earnest A. Gulch, aged eleven. HE reason why I like winter bet- ter than summer is because I think that there are things that you can do in winter that are more fun to do than things that you can do in summer. Some of the things that you can do in winter that are more fun than things that you can do in summer are skating, coasting, snowballing, corn-popping, falling, distilling, sledding, and many other things. So that is why I think that winter is the very jolliest time of all the year. * LIFE Winter Sports (Prize-winning poem) By Alberta Mildred Inch, who re- fuses to give age. Sone think that the summer is lovely, When flowers bloom in the yards; While spring has often been sung of By Whittier and other bards; Autumn is always lovely, Even in foreign climes; But what I want to say is, Hurrah for the winter time! The snow falls fast and faster, Making the ground so white The trees are covered with icic Oh, what a pretty sight! Ice covers the lakes and oceans, And the sleigh-bell merrily chimes; Though the summer may be loyely, Sing ho for the winter time! “Eet’s play house” said Mr: Fuzsy: In Puzzledom See if your wits are equal to these brain teasers. Hidden Diseases 6 Ar name of a popular disease is hidden in each sentence below, For example, “rheumatism” is the one concealed in the first sentence. How many of the others do you think you can find? , 1—My mother has rheumatism 2—Yes, Massa, it sho’ am beri cold to-day. 3—What is the normal aria 4—If the face is scarlet, fever may be expected. 5—Dip the ria. 6—I opened the window, and in flew Enza. beri * k * What is the difference between a farmer and a shopkeeper who is not so careful about washing his hands as he ought to be? Ans.—One tills the soil. * ok * between Gamaliel difference Warren the and What | is Alfonso XIII Harding? Ans.—One is the King of Spain, and the other is the President of the United States. ek * Why is a struggling young author like a German counterfeiter? Ans.—Because they are both trying to make their marks. * * * What is the difference between John D. Rockefeller and the writer of this conundrum ? Ans.—Something like two hundred million dollars. * * * Why is a little girl four years old crossing the street to get fifteen cents worth of soup greens and half a pound of butter for her mother like a private in the Czecho-Slovakian army who has just broken his engagement with @ Bulgarian Sunday-school teacher? Ans.—I haven't any idea. comicbooks.com